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I O. D. GRIMES & G. E. HARTER. COMBINED AUTGGRAPHIG REGISTER AND CASHDRAWER.

Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

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O. D. GRIMES & G. E. HARTER.

- COMBINED AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER AND CASH DRAWER.

No. 552,365. Patented 1360.31, 1895.

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G. D. GRIMES & G. E. HARTER. COMBINED AUTOGRAPHIO'REGISTER AND CASHDRAWER.

No. 552,365. Patented Dec. '31, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. GRIMES AND GEORGE E. HARTER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE OARTER-CRUME COMPANY.

COWlBlNED AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER AND CASH-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,365, dated December31, 1895.

Application filed April 28, 1892. Serial No. 431,027. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, CHARLES D. (harms and GEORGE E. HARTER,citizens ofthe United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Autographic Register and Cash- Drawers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

O ur invention has for its object to combine, in connection with thevarious autographie registers in use, a cash-drawer and registeringmechanism; and it consists of certain novel improvements in constructionand operation to be hereinafter more particularly pointed out andclaimed.

Our invention has more particular reference to that class of registersin which a cutting mechanism is employed to sever the sheets or ticketsfrom the rolls, and in co1nbining therewith a cabinet within which islocated a cash-drawer operated by a spring to open the case, thecash-drawer being kept locked by mechanism in connection with thecutting mechanism of the autographic register, whereby the movement ofthe cutting mechanism will release the drawer; and it consists furtherin combining with this cutting mechanism an alarm-bell and a registeringmechanism, so that with each operation of the cutting mechanism of theregister the bell will be rung and the operation registered in. suitableregistering-cunters which are displayed through suitable openings in thecase. Mechanism is also provided to lock the register from any furtheroperation while the cash-drawer is unlocked.

\Ve prefer to adapt our improvements to two different forms ofautographic registers, in one of which all the sheets are severed fromtheir respective rolls, and one sheet is filed away within the case,while in the other form an additional strip of paperis employed uponwhich the totals of the sales are alone arranged to be transferred, andthe sheet containin g these summaries is wound up upon a receiving-roll,operated by the hand-crank by which the cutting mechanism is operated.

Other forms of autographic registers, however, it will be readilyunderstood, could also have our improvements applied thereto withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a central longitudinalsection of a summary-register with our improvements applied thereto,looking toward one side of the case. Fig. 2 is a similarlongitudinalsection of our device, looking toward the other side of the case andwith the roll-paper compartment and parts of the cash-drawer cabinet cutaway. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section showing filing-registerwith our improvements combined therewith. Fig. 4 is a perspective Viewof the rear end of the cash-drawer and lock. Fig. 5 is an inverted viewof the latch for locking the cash-drawer. Fig. 6 is a top plan view ofsame, showing locking-bolt in cross-section and the second position ofthe latch in dotted lines.

Like letters indicate identical parts in all the figures.

A A are the ends, B B the sides, and C the top, of an ordinaryautographic-register case for the Working parts of the register. The top0 is provided with the usual opening D, under which is secured thewriting-tablet E, supplied with manifolding material, and over whichtablet the duplicate strips of paper are passed with carbon-paperbetween them in the usual way.

F F F are the dispensing-rolls, from which the paper strips aresupplied, each of which is journaled independently of the other in theusual bearings.

In the sunnnary-register illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the third orbottom strip of paper has only a narrow strip of manifolding material,so that the sum totals of the various tickets are alone transferred tothe bottom strip, which strip is received and wound up on thereceiving-roll G, which is operated by the shaft H, by which the cuttingmechanism is also operated in the usual way, the roll G being mounted onthe shaft I, upon which a ratchet-wheel K is secured, which ratchetwheel is impelled by the movement of the rackbar L, held in engagementtherewith by spring 0, which rack-bar is connected with the shaft H bythe connecting-arm M, secured thereto.

N N are the usual gripping-rollers feeding the paper strips from theirrespective rolls and operated by a hand-crank in the usual way.Immediately in front of these feedrollers are the slotted knife-bars aa, between which bars the paper strips to be severed are fed. Sliding inguides on each side of the case is a knife-carrier frame P, upon whichis secured the knife-blade Z), arranged so that the knife-blade may bebrought within the slots in the knife-bars a a, to sever the sheets.Upon the shaft H is keyed an arm (1, which engages with a recess formedin the knifeearrier plate P, whereby the knife-carrier frame and knifemay be reciproeated in the usual way by the rocking of the shaft II bymeans of the hand-crank e without the case, while the spring f engagingwith. the knifecarrier frame returns the cutting mechanism to its normalposition.

In a filing-register, the shaft II also carries an arm 9, which engageswith the bar h, which bar is in pivotal connection with the shaft icarrying filing-arms 7.7, while filingpins 1 are secured to theknife-carrier frame P, so that the filing-pins will be raised with thecutting-knife to receive the severed sheets, and upon the returnmovement of the operating-shaft II the arm g will. come into engagementwith the bar 7L and thus rock the shaft 2', and the filing-frame It willfile the severed sheet on the pins Z in the usual way, the spring onreturning the filing-frame to its normal position when the sheets arefiled.

The various mechanical features above indicated being all old and wellknown, it is thought the above description will be suflicient for thepurpose here.

The autographic register mounted on a cabinet or case, consisting ofbottom R, sides S, and back T. \Vithin this cabinet a cashdrawer U islocated, arranged to slide in and out in the usual way, and whenunlocked propelled from the case by the spring V, bearing against thesame. This cash-drawer may be divided into any number of compartments,and of course it is not essential that it should be located in the exactway shown in the drawings. Secured to the rear of the cash-drawer,

' on top of the back edge of the drawer, is a plate Z to which ispivoted a latch 11 (provided with a notch k) by means of the pivotpinit, so that the latch will have a horizontal swinging motion. Avertical] y-sliding bolt p extends down from the register-case through asuitable opening in the bottom of the case into the compartment in therear of the cash drawer in such a position as to engage with the latch91 within the notch 7c" when the drawer is closed, the bolt in itsnormal position being held down so as to engage with this latch by thecoiled spring 7', mounted on the bolt 19 which acts between the floor ofthe register-case and the enlargement s on the bolt. A spring g securedto the plate Z acts upon this latch 41, and tends to throw it into theposition shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 6. The upper portion of thisbelt has an enlarged head if expanded into a flange u, and extending upinto the autographie-register case. A lug L7 is formed on the rear ofthe knife-carrier frame P, and as the knife-carrier frame P is raised tosever the sheets from the roll this lug U will come in contact with theflange a and raise the bolt and thus unlock the cash-drawer, and allowit to be propelled from the case by the spring V. It may be desiredhowever to omit the spring V, or for some reason this spring V may failto act, and when this spring is omitted or fails to operate we wish toprovide means to avoid the necessity of pulling out the cash-drawer atthe same time that the knife is operated. Vith an ordinary catch itwould be obvious that when the knife-carrier frame P returns to itsnormal position it would again lock the drawer, so that if thespringVwere inoperative or omitted in order to open the drawer it wouldbe necessary to pull it out before releasing the lniife-operatingmechanism, or if the operator failed to withdraw the drawer in time theknife-carrier would again have to be raised. In order therefore that thedrawer when once unlocked shall continue so until it is withdrawn andagain returned. to its normal position, we pivot the latch n to thedrawer and provide the spring 9 so thatwhen the boltp has been withdrawnand the drawer unlocked, if the drawer has not been propelled from thecase when the knife-carrier frame P returns to its normal position, thebolt 1) will descend and rest on top of the latch a, as shown. by thedotted lines in Fig. 0, so that by this arrangement of parts the draweris unlocked by means of the operation of the cutting mechanism and meansare provided to prevent the relocking of the drawer until the same hasbeen withdrawn.

I is a gong or bell, arranged to be struck by the hammer w, which hammeris secured to the trip-lever while the knife-carrier frame P carries thepin .2, arranged to trip the lever 3 so as to ring the bell upon eachoperation of the cutting mechanism, as will be readily understood.

Y is a bell-crank lever pivoted at a to one side of the case. Thehorizontal arm of this lever has pivoted thereto a locking-rod A, havinga beveled upper end, while a ratchetwheel B is mounted upon the lowerfeed.

roller shaft of the gripping-rolls N. The vertical arm of thisbell-crank lever Y extends down into the cash-drawer cabinet through .asuitable slot in the case, and when the drawer is looked a plate or armon the back of the drawer comes in contact with this bellcrank lever soas to rock it and to draw the locking-bolt A out of connection with theratchet-wheel B. A coiled spring f is connected with the vertical arm ofthe bell-crank lever Y and to the side of the case, so that as IOC IIO

oazpuu soon as the drawer is unlocked by the operation of the cuttingmechanism and is propelled from the case by the spring V, and the arm onthe drawer removed from its contact with the lower end of the bell-cranklever Y, the bell-crank lever Y will be at once rocked back, which willthen bring the locking-bolt A into mesh with the ratchetwheel B and thuslock the feeding-rollers, so as to prevent any operation of the feedingmechanism until the drawer is locked. A dog O is pivoted to the side ofthe case, di rectly over this bellerank lever, and a notch c is cuttherein, so that when it is desired to disuse the locking mechanism forthe feed- .rollers the dog 0 may be brought into engagement with thenotch c and the lockingbolt will be held out of engagement with itsratchet-wheel.

In order to register and indicate the number of times the machine isused, a registering or counting mechanism is employed, of any of theusual types. A slot d is cut in the knifecarrier plate P, and an arm orfinger I) enters this slot. The other end of this arm D is in connectionwith the counting-wheels inclosed in a suitable compartment E, so thatevery reciprocation of the knife-carrier plate P will move the arm D andcause the appropriate counting-disk to register its movement. As many ofthese counting-disks as are desired can be provided, and a suitableopening is provided in the case, so that the numbers will be visiblefrom the outside. Ive have not illustrated this counting or registrationdevice, except in outline, as any of the various forms of such counterscan be used. In connection with this counting mechanism, it is intendedthat the strips from the paper rolls shall be divided off into tickets,these tickets being numbered consecutively, so that if the machine is atall times properly used the number of the ticket on the writing-tabletwill at all times be the same as that shown in the counting'disks.

Of course it will be understood that we do not wish to be confin ed tothe particular form of autographic register shown herewith in connectionwith our cash-drawer.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Lettors Patent, is-

1. In an autographic register employing a plurality of paper strips, thecombination of feeding mechanism for advancing one or more of saidstrips, a movable knife for severing the same, a cash drawer, a locktherefor, means intermediate said lock and the knife operating mechanismfor releasing the drawer at each operation of the knife, and a lockingdevice interposed between the drawer and the feeding mechanism andco-operating therewith to automatically lock said mechanism when thedrawer is opened and unlock it when the drawer is closed, substantiallyas described.

2. In an autographic register in which a plurality of paper strips areemployed, the combination of feeding mechanism for advancing one or moreof said strips, a knife for severing the same, a cash drawer, a locktherefor, means intermediate said lock and the knife-operating mechanismfor releasing the drawer at each operation of the knife, a spring forthrowing the drawer open when released, and a locking device interposedbetween the drawer and feeding mechanism and moving automatically intoposition to lock said mechanism when the drawer is opened, and thrownout of such position by the closing of the drawer, substantially asdescribed.

3. In an autographic register in which a plurality of paper strips areemployed, the combination of feeding mechanism for advancing the stripsin the same direction over a writing tablet, a reciprocating knife forsevering all of the strips, a filing pin moving with the knife to filethe record slips, a money drawer, a lock therefor, means intermediatesaid lock and the knife-operating mechanism for releasing the drawer ateach operation of the knife and filing pin, a spring for throwing thedrawer open, and a locking device interposed between the drawer andfeeding mechanism and operating to lock the latter when the drawer isopened and unlock it when the drawer is closed, whereby operation of thefeeding mechanism while the drawer remains open is prevented.

i. In an autographic register in which a plural ity of paper strips areemployed, a single pair of feed rollers for advancing all of the strips,a movable knife for severing all of the strips, a cash drawer, a locktherefor, means intermediate said lock and the knife-operating mechanismfor releasing the drawer at each operation of the knife to sever thestrips, a spring for throwing the drawer open when released, and alocking device interposed between the drawer and feed rollers forlocking the latter when the drawer is opened and unloekin g them whenthe drawer is closed, substantially as described.

5. In an autographic register in which a plurality of paper strips areemployed, the combination of feeding mechanism for advancing the recordstrips, a cash drawer, and a locking lever and locking bolt interposedbetween said drawer and the feeding mechanism and co-operating therewithto automatically lock said mechanism when the drawer is opened andunlock it when the drawer is closed, substantially as described.

6. In an autographic register in which a plurality of paper strips areemployed, the combination of feeding mechanism for advancing the strips,a cash drawer, a look therefor released at each operation of themachine, and a locking device interposed between the drawer and thefeeding mechanism and cooperating therewith to automatically lock saidmechanism when the drawer is opened and unlock it when the drawer isclosed, substantially as described.

'7. In an autographic register in which a plurality of paper strips areemployed, the combination of feeding mechanism for advancing the strips,a cash drawer, a look therefor released at each operation of themachine, a spring for throwing the drawer open when released, and alocking device interposed between the drawer and the feeding mechanismand co-operating therewith to automatically lock said mechanism when thedrawer is opened and unlock it when the drawer is closed, substantiallyas described.

8. The combination with an autographic register and cutting mechanismtherefor, and a registering mechanism to register the operations of thecutting mechanism, of a cash drawer, lock for same, and means forunlocking said drawer by the movement of the cutting mechanism,substantially as shown and described.

9. The combination with an autographie register and cutting mechanismtherefor, and a registeringmechanism to register the operations of thecutting mechanism, of a cash drawer, lock for same, mechanism forunlocking said drawer by the movement of the cutting mechanism, andmeans to prevent the relocking of the drawer until the same has beenwithdrawn, substantially as shown and described.

10. The combination with an autographic register and feeding and cuttingappliances therefor, of a cash drawer, lock for same, mechanism forunlocking said drawer upon the operation of the cutting mechanism,meansto prevent the reloeking of the drawer until the same has beenwithdrawn, and connecting mechanism between the drawer and the feedingmechanism whereby said drawer will be unlocked by the operation of thecutting mechanism and thereupon the feeding mechanism will be lockedagainst further operation.

11. In a combined cash drawer and auto graphic register, thecombination, with the feeding mechanism of the register and the cashdrawer, of a locking bolt to engage with the feed mechanism, and springactuated lever connecting said bolt and drawer, whereby upon the openingof the drawer said feed mechanism may be locked from further movement,substantially as shown and described.

12. In a combined cash drawer and autographie register, the combinationwith a cash drawer and feed rollers for the register, with ratchet wheelthereon, of a locking bolt to engage said ratchet wheel, a'nd bell cranklever one end of which is pivoted to said bolt and the other end inconnection with said drawer with spring to actuate said lever when thedrawer is unlocked, whereby the locking bolt may secure the feed rollersagainst further movement while the drawer is open, substantially asshown and described.

13. The combination with an autographic register and verticallyreciprocating knife carrier therefor, of acash drawer, catch on saiddrawer, and sliding bolt to engage same, with lug on said knife carrierto engage said bolt and release same upon the reciprocation of the knifecarrier, and spring to propel the drawer from the case, substantially asshown and described.

14:. The combination with an autographic register and verticallyreciprocating knife carrier therefor, of a cash drawer, latchhorizontally pivoted thereto, spring acting thereon, and verticallysliding bolt to engage said latch, with lug on said knife carrier toengage said bolt and release same upon the reciprocation of the knifecarrier, substantially as shown and described.

15. The combination with an autographic register and verticallyreciprocating knife carrier therefor, and a registering mechanism withoperating lever therefor in connection with said knife carrier, of acash drawer, catch on said drawer, and sliding bolt to engage same, withlug on said knife carrier to engage said bolt and release same upon thereciprocation of the knife carrier, with sprin to propel the drawer fromthe case, substantially as shown and described.

16. The combination with an autographic register, feed rollers andvertically reciprocating knife carrier therefor, of a cash drawer, catchon said drawer, sliding bolt to engage same, with lug on said knifecarrier, to engage said bolt and release same upon the reciprocation ofthe knife carrier, a locking bolt to engage with the feed mechanism andspring actuated lever connecting said bolt and drawer, all substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

1'7. The combination with an autographic register, feed rollers andvertically reciproeating knife carrier therefor, of a cash drawer,

latch horizontally pivoted thereto, spring acting thereon, andvertically sliding bolt to on gage said latch with lug on said knifecarrier to engage said bolt and release same upon the reciprocation ofthe knife carrier, a locking bolt to engage with the feed mechanism, andspring actuated lever connecting said bolt and drawer, substantially asshown and described.

18. In a combined cash drawer and autographic register, the combinationwith the feeding mechanism, of the register and the cash drawer, of alocking bolt to engage with the feed mechanism and spring actuated leverconnecting said bolt and drawer with pivoted dog arranged to be broughtinto connection with said lever to hold said locking mechanismpermanently out of engagement, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES D. GRIMES. GEORGE E. HARTER. lVitn esses JOHN KIRBY, J12, L. 0.Comfort.

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